As earlier mentioned it is wise to either pre-paint half
timbering or to paint the timbers before the wall spaces. Medieval houses
usually had just shutters or sometimes oilskin membranes that let in a little
light. Glass was an expensive luxury. Hence many of my buildings have the window
apertures painted black or a very dark silver. The Games Master can decide
whether they shuttered or open! For windows that purport to contain glass I
paint silver with some black added. Leaded diamonds can be drawn on with a pen.
My palisade defences are made from large quantities of cocktail sticks. These
were mostly bought in tube containers, which were handy for sawing whole batches
at one go in the container. Each cocktail stick was cut into three, two spikes
and one middle section. Two of the latter were used for the aperture part of a
palisade, as against four of the spike pieces for the fence. It was then stuck
onto strips of card for stands. As can be seen, towers and gateways can be made
from the same items. Not shown are the wooden embankment pieces with which using
the palisades various sizes of Roman marching fort could be made.